Isaiah 40:22

Revised Version 1885

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

Cross References

Genesis 1:6

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Job 22:14

Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; And he walketh in the circuit of heaven

Job 26:7

He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Job 36:29

Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?

Job 37:18

Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?

Job 9:8

Which alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

Psalm 104:2

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

Psalm 18:11

He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion round about him; Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Psalm 19:4

Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

Psalm 2:4

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: The Lord shall have them in derision.

Psalm 29:10

The LORD sat as king at the Flood; Yea, the LORD sitteth as king for ever.

Psalm 68:33

To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which are of old; Lo, he uttereth his voice, and that a mighty voice.

Proverbs 8:27

When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep:

Isaiah 19:1

The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

Isaiah 37:16

O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, that sittest upon the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

Isaiah 40:15

Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

Isaiah 40:17

All the nations are as nothing before him; they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

Isaiah 42:4

He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgement in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.

Isaiah 42:5

Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

Isaiah 44:24

Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am the LORD, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth; who is with me?

Isaiah 51:13

and hast forgotten the LORD thy Maker, that stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fearest continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he maketh ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

Isaiah 66:1

Thus saith the LORD; The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest?

Jeremiah 10:12

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

Zechariah 12:1

The burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:

Numbers 13:33

And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, which come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.